HumansOvershot
@overshoot.bsky.social
Prof Elden, on Latour’s Down to Earth:
There is “a conviction, shared by some powerful people, that the ecological threat is real and that the only way for them to survive is to abandon any pretense at sharing a common future with the rest of the world”
There is “a conviction, shared by some powerful people, that the ecological threat is real and that the only way for them to survive is to abandon any pretense at sharing a common future with the rest of the world”
precursors to civilisational collapse:
❗️Climate catastrophe
❗️War
❗️Pandemic
we’ve got all three in the bag
when are people going to stop dreaming of that “instagram-lifestyle” and wake up?
❗️Climate catastrophe
❗️War
❗️Pandemic
we’ve got all three in the bag
when are people going to stop dreaming of that “instagram-lifestyle” and wake up?
December 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
precursors to civilisational collapse:
❗️Climate catastrophe
❗️War
❗️Pandemic
we’ve got all three in the bag
when are people going to stop dreaming of that “instagram-lifestyle” and wake up?
❗️Climate catastrophe
❗️War
❗️Pandemic
we’ve got all three in the bag
when are people going to stop dreaming of that “instagram-lifestyle” and wake up?
“killing suspects without a legal process is a crime against humanity”
(legal experts)
… so FIFA award the guy a made up peace prize
#WeAreInTheUpsidedown
#StrangerThings
(than this have not happened)
(legal experts)
… so FIFA award the guy a made up peace prize
#WeAreInTheUpsidedown
#StrangerThings
(than this have not happened)
December 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“killing suspects without a legal process is a crime against humanity”
(legal experts)
… so FIFA award the guy a made up peace prize
#WeAreInTheUpsidedown
#StrangerThings
(than this have not happened)
(legal experts)
… so FIFA award the guy a made up peace prize
#WeAreInTheUpsidedown
#StrangerThings
(than this have not happened)
If we were truly Homo Sapiens we would collapse better
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If we were truly Homo Sapiens we would collapse better
We (the British people) are so fucked
Rich bloke gives Reform £9million
Rich bloke gives Reform £9million
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
We (the British people) are so fucked
Rich bloke gives Reform £9million
Rich bloke gives Reform £9million
Let see how well those “yes but checks and balances” hold up against the infection the leeches have brought 🧐
NYTimes fights for it’s freedom of speech
NYTimes fights for it’s freedom of speech
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Let see how well those “yes but checks and balances” hold up against the infection the leeches have brought 🧐
NYTimes fights for it’s freedom of speech
NYTimes fights for it’s freedom of speech
referencing the Financial Times is now considered “talking nonsense”
#OhDear
#BlueSkyIsTurningInToTwitter
#OhDear
#BlueSkyIsTurningInToTwitter
December 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
referencing the Financial Times is now considered “talking nonsense”
#OhDear
#BlueSkyIsTurningInToTwitter
#OhDear
#BlueSkyIsTurningInToTwitter
and 👇 (you’ll need a subscription, but it’s worth it)
if you come back with anything like “the Financial Times is not a reliable source” then I can’t help you
if you come back with anything like “the Financial Times is not a reliable source” then I can’t help you
December 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
and 👇 (you’ll need a subscription, but it’s worth it)
if you come back with anything like “the Financial Times is not a reliable source” then I can’t help you
if you come back with anything like “the Financial Times is not a reliable source” then I can’t help you
And that’s just copper.
Expect very high toxic chemical pollution from REEs - “rare-earth” elements needed for the transition* away from fossil fuels
Magnetic-REE demand is due to tripple by 2035 …
(*supposed transition - Jevons Paradox)
Expect very high toxic chemical pollution from REEs - “rare-earth” elements needed for the transition* away from fossil fuels
Magnetic-REE demand is due to tripple by 2035 …
(*supposed transition - Jevons Paradox)
December 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
And that’s just copper.
Expect very high toxic chemical pollution from REEs - “rare-earth” elements needed for the transition* away from fossil fuels
Magnetic-REE demand is due to tripple by 2035 …
(*supposed transition - Jevons Paradox)
Expect very high toxic chemical pollution from REEs - “rare-earth” elements needed for the transition* away from fossil fuels
Magnetic-REE demand is due to tripple by 2035 …
(*supposed transition - Jevons Paradox)
It was a suitable budget within the parameters of pre-election pledges, maintaining some kind of long-term economic strategy, and an electorate turned insane by X-algorithms.
Rejoining the EU would be the beginnings of a cure, but not survivable politically (leading to a Reform disaster).
Rejoining the EU would be the beginnings of a cure, but not survivable politically (leading to a Reform disaster).
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
It was a suitable budget within the parameters of pre-election pledges, maintaining some kind of long-term economic strategy, and an electorate turned insane by X-algorithms.
Rejoining the EU would be the beginnings of a cure, but not survivable politically (leading to a Reform disaster).
Rejoining the EU would be the beginnings of a cure, but not survivable politically (leading to a Reform disaster).
Andy Haldane at the FT wrote a good article on this last month.
Reduce OBR’s role to auditing in-house (Treasury) fiscal assessments 👇
Reduce OBR’s role to auditing in-house (Treasury) fiscal assessments 👇
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Andy Haldane at the FT wrote a good article on this last month.
Reduce OBR’s role to auditing in-house (Treasury) fiscal assessments 👇
Reduce OBR’s role to auditing in-house (Treasury) fiscal assessments 👇
“Donald Trump's net approval rating is now lower than at any other point in either of his terms, at -19%”
(The Economist)
57% disapprove
38% approve
4% are not sure
Supporters: more likely to be white males aged 45-64 qualified to HS or less (see chart below)
(The Economist)
57% disapprove
38% approve
4% are not sure
Supporters: more likely to be white males aged 45-64 qualified to HS or less (see chart below)
November 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“Donald Trump's net approval rating is now lower than at any other point in either of his terms, at -19%”
(The Economist)
57% disapprove
38% approve
4% are not sure
Supporters: more likely to be white males aged 45-64 qualified to HS or less (see chart below)
(The Economist)
57% disapprove
38% approve
4% are not sure
Supporters: more likely to be white males aged 45-64 qualified to HS or less (see chart below)
“Markets are giving their verdict: FTSE up; bond yields down;
£ stronger”
(FT reader comment on the budget)
hope Martin Wolf of the FT got what he wished for:
“Some sight of a workable and coherent long-term economic strategy”
£ stronger”
(FT reader comment on the budget)
hope Martin Wolf of the FT got what he wished for:
“Some sight of a workable and coherent long-term economic strategy”
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“Markets are giving their verdict: FTSE up; bond yields down;
£ stronger”
(FT reader comment on the budget)
hope Martin Wolf of the FT got what he wished for:
“Some sight of a workable and coherent long-term economic strategy”
£ stronger”
(FT reader comment on the budget)
hope Martin Wolf of the FT got what he wished for:
“Some sight of a workable and coherent long-term economic strategy”
In 2013, there was reportedly a letter, by then-English teacher at Dulwich College, Chloë Deakin, to the school’s headmaster warning against making Farage a prefect. She cited “publicly professed racist and neo-fascist views”
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
In 2013, there was reportedly a letter, by then-English teacher at Dulwich College, Chloë Deakin, to the school’s headmaster warning against making Farage a prefect. She cited “publicly professed racist and neo-fascist views”
“Farage has already changed the UK (for the worse) more than any other living politician”
(Martin Wolf, Financial Times)
(Martin Wolf, Financial Times)
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
“Farage has already changed the UK (for the worse) more than any other living politician”
(Martin Wolf, Financial Times)
(Martin Wolf, Financial Times)
it’s almost as if the French philosopher Latour was right …
this civilisation will surely be coming back Down To Earth with a bump, and those who you talk of have attached a cushion to their arses.
this civilisation will surely be coming back Down To Earth with a bump, and those who you talk of have attached a cushion to their arses.
November 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
it’s almost as if the French philosopher Latour was right …
this civilisation will surely be coming back Down To Earth with a bump, and those who you talk of have attached a cushion to their arses.
this civilisation will surely be coming back Down To Earth with a bump, and those who you talk of have attached a cushion to their arses.
💣 💥😬
FT reader comments:
"frothy"?
That's like calling mount Everest "hilly".
“The spillover will be catastrophic; the sinking of American stocks will lead to the collapse of other markets...”
“Not least because so many pensioners income and wealth is tied up in the stock market”
FT reader comments:
"frothy"?
That's like calling mount Everest "hilly".
“The spillover will be catastrophic; the sinking of American stocks will lead to the collapse of other markets...”
“Not least because so many pensioners income and wealth is tied up in the stock market”
November 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
💣 💥😬
FT reader comments:
"frothy"?
That's like calling mount Everest "hilly".
“The spillover will be catastrophic; the sinking of American stocks will lead to the collapse of other markets...”
“Not least because so many pensioners income and wealth is tied up in the stock market”
FT reader comments:
"frothy"?
That's like calling mount Everest "hilly".
“The spillover will be catastrophic; the sinking of American stocks will lead to the collapse of other markets...”
“Not least because so many pensioners income and wealth is tied up in the stock market”
oh, another AUTISTICS-BASHING opportunity now they found & analysed Hitler’s DNA
anyone ever considered he may also have been a psychopath?
#AutismAndPsychopathyAreNotTheSame
_____
(“Estimates of the prevalence of psychopathy in the general adult population range from approximately 1% to 4.5%” 👇)
anyone ever considered he may also have been a psychopath?
#AutismAndPsychopathyAreNotTheSame
_____
(“Estimates of the prevalence of psychopathy in the general adult population range from approximately 1% to 4.5%” 👇)
November 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM
oh, another AUTISTICS-BASHING opportunity now they found & analysed Hitler’s DNA
anyone ever considered he may also have been a psychopath?
#AutismAndPsychopathyAreNotTheSame
_____
(“Estimates of the prevalence of psychopathy in the general adult population range from approximately 1% to 4.5%” 👇)
anyone ever considered he may also have been a psychopath?
#AutismAndPsychopathyAreNotTheSame
_____
(“Estimates of the prevalence of psychopathy in the general adult population range from approximately 1% to 4.5%” 👇)
“Our systems are now so fast, complex and interconnected that a future collapse will likely be global, swift and irreversible”
(Luke Kemp, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, Cambridge Uni)
(Luke Kemp, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, Cambridge Uni)
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“Our systems are now so fast, complex and interconnected that a future collapse will likely be global, swift and irreversible”
(Luke Kemp, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, Cambridge Uni)
(Luke Kemp, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, Cambridge Uni)
The British backlash to Musk’s defenceless-hobbit rant continues, quite brilliantly in Private Eye 😄
November 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The British backlash to Musk’s defenceless-hobbit rant continues, quite brilliantly in Private Eye 😄
noosphere: human mental activity
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
noosphere: human mental activity
The JRC/European Commission have invited him to speak to them recently (Prof Corey Bradshaw)
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The JRC/European Commission have invited him to speak to them recently (Prof Corey Bradshaw)
Hope that’s just posturing.
ABCs (“anyone but c***s”)
will all need to come together to fight the shitstorm of authoritarianism that is hurtling down the track.
What good can ABCs do as a minority on the back benches?
Btw you need to get real about refugees, as are the JRC/European Commission
ABCs (“anyone but c***s”)
will all need to come together to fight the shitstorm of authoritarianism that is hurtling down the track.
What good can ABCs do as a minority on the back benches?
Btw you need to get real about refugees, as are the JRC/European Commission
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Hope that’s just posturing.
ABCs (“anyone but c***s”)
will all need to come together to fight the shitstorm of authoritarianism that is hurtling down the track.
What good can ABCs do as a minority on the back benches?
Btw you need to get real about refugees, as are the JRC/European Commission
ABCs (“anyone but c***s”)
will all need to come together to fight the shitstorm of authoritarianism that is hurtling down the track.
What good can ABCs do as a minority on the back benches?
Btw you need to get real about refugees, as are the JRC/European Commission
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social
Until about 2 minutes ago I didn’t realise that Robbie Gibb was a cofounder of GBNews🤯
Then I read Wiki - why do all right wing ppl have links to Russia? Is Putin our boss now?
Also, could you get together with the other good eggs at the BBC and do a coup or something?
Until about 2 minutes ago I didn’t realise that Robbie Gibb was a cofounder of GBNews🤯
Then I read Wiki - why do all right wing ppl have links to Russia? Is Putin our boss now?
Also, could you get together with the other good eggs at the BBC and do a coup or something?
November 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social
Until about 2 minutes ago I didn’t realise that Robbie Gibb was a cofounder of GBNews🤯
Then I read Wiki - why do all right wing ppl have links to Russia? Is Putin our boss now?
Also, could you get together with the other good eggs at the BBC and do a coup or something?
Until about 2 minutes ago I didn’t realise that Robbie Gibb was a cofounder of GBNews🤯
Then I read Wiki - why do all right wing ppl have links to Russia? Is Putin our boss now?
Also, could you get together with the other good eggs at the BBC and do a coup or something?
(will there be a shift towards localisation? and will it be paired with continental authoritarian governance, e.g.👇)
2/2
2/2
November 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
(will there be a shift towards localisation? and will it be paired with continental authoritarian governance, e.g.👇)
2/2
2/2